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Strong's H4074 מָדַי (maday)

Maday means “Madai” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4074 — petros (“Peter”) in the Greek Bible.

First usage Interlinear Bible Septuagint Bible
Strong's Number H4074
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 16
Books 7

Strong's H4074 Quick Answer

Strong's H4074 מָדַי (Maday) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. Maday (maw-dah'-ee) n/l. 1. Madai, a country of central Asia [of foreign derivation] It has 16 linked Bible usages across 7 books. Visible English usage signals include medes, media, and madai. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
Maday (maw-dah'-ee) n/l. 1. Madai, a country of central Asia [of foreign derivation]
Usage
16 linked usages
Books
7 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
medes, media, and madai

Meaning and Definition

Maday (maw-dah'-ee) n/l. 1. Madai, a country of central Asia [of foreign derivation] KJV: Madai, Medes, Media.

Original Word
מָדַי
Transliteration
Maday
Morphology
Name/l.

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4074. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

Madai

Usage: A man living at the time of the Patriarchs, first mentioned at Gen.10.2; son of: Japheth (H3315); brother of: Gomer (H1586), Magog (H4031), Javan (H3120), Tubal (H8422), Meshech (H4902) and Tiras (H8494) § Media or Medes or Madai = "middle land" 1) a people descended from the son of Japheth and who inhabited the territory of Media 2) land inhabited by the descendants of Japheth;

located northwest of Persia proper, south and southwest of the Caspian Sea, east of Armenia and Assyria, and west and northwest of the great salt desert of Iram

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How Strong's H4074 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render Maday, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

Medes 2 Kings 17:6 8× Media Esther 1:3 6× Madai Genesis 10:2 2×

How Strong's H4074 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 16 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4074 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4074 in the Old Testament

16 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 10:2 KJV

The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.

2 Kings 17:6 KJV

In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.

2 Kings 18:11 KJV

And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:

Usage Excerpts

First 16 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4074.

Genesis 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
2 Kings 17:6 Old Testament, KJV
In the ninth year of Hoshea the king of Assyria took Samaria, and carried Israel away into Assyria, and placed them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes.
2 Kings 18:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Assyria did carry away Israel unto Assyria, and put them in Halah and in Habor by the river of Gozan, and in the cities of the Medes:
1 Chronicles 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
The sons of Japheth; Gomer, and Magog, and Madai, and Javan, and Tubal, and Meshech, and Tiras.
Esther 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
Esther 1:14 Old Testament, KJV
And the next unto him was Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven princes of Persia and Media, which saw the king's face, and which sat the first in the kingdom;)
Esther 1:18 Old Testament, KJV
Likewise shall the ladies of Persia and Media say this day unto all the king's princes, which have heard of the deed of the queen. Thus shall there arise too much contempt and wrath.
Esther 1:19 Old Testament, KJV
If it please the king, let there go a royal commandment from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes, that it be not altered, That Vashti come no more before king Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal estate unto another that is better than she.
Esther 10:2 Old Testament, KJV
And all the acts of his power and of his might, and the declaration of the greatness of Mordecai, whereunto the king advanced him, are they not written in the book of the chronicles of the kings of Media and Persia?
Isaiah 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I will stir up the Medes against them, which shall not regard silver; and as for gold, they shall not delight in it.
Isaiah 21:2 Old Testament, KJV
A grievous vision is declared unto me; the treacherous dealer dealeth treacherously, and the spoiler spoileth. Go up, O Elam: besiege, O Media; all the sighing thereof have I made to cease.
Jeremiah 25:25 Old Testament, KJV
And all the kings of Zimri, and all the kings of Elam, and all the kings of the Medes,
Jeremiah 51:11 Old Testament, KJV
Make bright the arrows; gather the shields: the LORD hath raised up the spirit of the kings of the Medes: for his device is against Babylon, to destroy it; because it is the vengeance of the LORD, the vengeance of his temple.
Jeremiah 51:28 Old Testament, KJV
Prepare against her the nations with the kings of the Medes, the captains thereof, and all the rulers thereof, and all the land of his dominion.
Daniel 8:20 Old Testament, KJV
The ram which thou sawest having two horns are the kings of Media and Persia.
Daniel 9:1 Old Testament, KJV
In the first year of Darius the son of Ahasuerus, of the seed of the Medes, which was made king over the realm of the Chaldeans;

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4074, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Genesis 10:2
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 17:6 2 Kings 18:11
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1:5
Esther 5 usages, Old Testament
Esther 1:3 Esther 1:14 Esther 1:18 Esther 1:19 Esther 10:2
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 13:17 Isaiah 21:2
Jeremiah 3 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 25:25 Jeremiah 51:11 Jeremiah 51:28
Daniel 2 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 8:20 Daniel 9:1

Strong's H4074 FAQ

What does maday (מָדַי) mean?

Maday (Strong's H4074) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "Madai". Maday (maw-dah'-ee) n/l. 1. Madai, a country of central Asia [of foreign derivation]

How many times is maday (מָדַי) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 16 linked usages for Strong's H4074 across 7 books.

Where can I study maday (מָדַי) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4074 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate maday (מָדַי)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as medes, media, and madai. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.